There are plenty of marquee games slated for Week 5 for top players across the state. However, for one team, every game is now in the spotlight.

Heading into Friday night, Ithaca has won 46-straight games. That streak is good enough to be tied for the longest winning streak in the entire nation, sharing the spotlight with Regina High School in Iowa. It only makes sense that Ithaca quarterback Travis Smith has been a mainstay on the list.

Leading a team that averages 60 points a game, Smith will look to keep up his impressive numbers (44-of-52 passing, 814 yards, 15 touchdowns) with the national spotlight following him as the Yellowjackets take on Carrollton on Friday night. Smith has his own streak going as well, as he has not tossed an interception yet this season.

While on the topic of winning streaks, New Lothrop has won 31-straight in the regular season dating back to 2009. A main player in keeping that streak alive currently is Armari Coleman. A Central Michigan recruit at corner back, Coleman continues to get a ton of praise from anyone that has seen him play.

"Amari Coleman from New Lothrop is a stud," Ross Maghielse of the Flint Journal said. "His stats are misleading because he's a shutdown corner and nobody even throws to his side of the field anymore."

Jason Barczy of The Argus-Press agrees with Maghielse.

"Amari Coleman has been a constant threat to score every time he touches the ball," Barczy said. "He'll be looking to return a punt for a touchdown for the fifth straight week this season - that is if Atherton actually punts to him. I know I wouldn't."

Brent Showers, the captain of the Rockford defense, will have a tough challenge against Holland West Ottawa on Friday night. (Cory Morse | MLive.com)

As Ithaca and New Lothrop can focus on keeping streaks alive, there are plenty of other teams that will looking just to survive this week. The challenging matchups just give some of our watch list players a bigger platform for which to make a statement on.

Muskegon Mona Shores WR/S Asantay Brown will face a major challenge when it face Muskegon on Friday night.

"He'll be facing his biggest test of the season so far against Muskegon's defense," Muskegon Chronicle's Mark Opfermann said. "But he did break a 97-yarder for a score in last year's game won by the Big Reds."

On the other side of the field, Deshaun Thrower will looking to be have a bounce-back performance for Muskegon. The senior quarterback was limited to 40 yards rushing in last week's loss to Lowell.

"(Thrower) could cause issues for the Mona Shores defense if he breaks the line of scrimmage," Opfermann said.

Nick Mattich of Clarkston, one of the few OL/DL players on the list, has continued to give his quarterback, D.J. Zezula, plenty of time to get the ball into the hands of receivers. Yet, with Stoney Creek rolling into town on Friday night, Mattich will need to be ferocious in the trenches on both sides of the ball in order for Clarkston's game plan to work.

Rockford will also have a test to open up OK Red Division play as it takes on a productive Holland West Ottawa team. That means Rockford linebacker Brent Showers will have a chance to make a statement, as it still trying to shake the doubts of naysayers after its 45-0 loss to Muskegon.

Lawrence Marshall of Southfield continues to be one of the standout defensive lineman in the state, even outshining his talented teammate Malik McDowell. Yet, the grind never seems to end for Marshall and his fellow Bluejays as they face an undefeated Farmington Hills Harrison team with a punishing rushing attack. Still, that hasn't stopped Marshall from forcing at least one game-changing turnover in past games.

Then there is the OK White clash between Grand Rapids Christian and East Grand Rapids, where Christian quarterback Tyler Sigler will continue to be the field general despite the absence of its best player in wide reciever Drake Harris.